Chapter 11

"Oh my Lord, I never even wanted to be with them!" I yelled, irritated for no reason.

"Why did you follow that guy in the first place?" Harris asked in a harsh tone.

"Okay, so now you two team up on me?" I ask.

"It's not about teaming up, Kate. Those guys look awfully terrible." Jenny says, and I looked at the passenger seat, appalled look on my face.

"Weren't you the one saying 'Oh my my! What a hottie! Oh, I wish one of these were mine!'." I tried to mimic her voice in a scornful way. Harris forgot his annoyance on me and laughed, Jenny faked one. I put my legs up and rested my knees on the chair. We sat there for a quiet moment of silence, thinking, processing, and absorbing what we heard, said, and thought of until now.

"Can we eat somewhere? I am so hungry." I said, feeling it's time for us all to snap out of it.

"Sure. Subway?" Harris asks, perfectly knowing the answer.

"Yes!" Jenny and I shout together. The three of us had a strange obsession with Subway, we never really go to any local restaurant, except Subway, the loves of our lives.

"Subway it is, as usual," Harris said, moving backward and heading out of the mansion's gates, and straight to our beloved place.

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"I can't! My stomach, I feel pregnant." Jenny groaned and leaned her head against the table. Harris started to rub her back.

"You ate half of the sandwich, Jenny," I said, rolling my eyes at how exaggerating she is being right now.

"I think it's because she drank a whole bottle of coke before she ate," Harris said, still rubbing her back.

"So, are you going to eat it?" I asked her. She looked up at me then shakes her head, again leaning her head back on the table.

"All yours." she mutters, and I happily took it.

"I don't know how you can eat this much, Kate." Jenny says, letting out a deep breath.

"I guess I am the reincarnation of a man," I said jokingly.

"No, you're not." Harris disagrees, I huffed, "Come on, where do you think I got broad shoulders, the height, long feet, and—"

"Kate, stop talking about yourself as if you are not beautiful. You know, most girls in the school, even the rich bitches get jealous of you." Jenny said. I shrugged my shoulder and slurped on my mango juice.

"True." Harris piped in, typing on his phone.

"Whatever." I sighed and bite the last of what was from the sandwich.

"Hold up, I forgot to ask you this, Kate," Jenny said looking straight into my eyes, "Is Carter's real name Scott or Carter itself? You confused me."

"He doesn't tell his real name for Xavier and Cole, I don't know why, it's his little secret." I said. But aren't they supposed to be his best friends? Why would he possibly lie to them? I mean, what could be the main chaos and issue that forced him to lie to them, but tell us his real name, wait... could it be the whole vice versa?

"Kate! Geez," Jenny snapped me out of my thoughts.

"Let's go, I need to go home. Mom just called me," she said standing up and trying to lift Harris too.

"Come on, Harris." she groaned. He sighed, but then stood up suit. He looked at me and raised his eyebrows, questioning me if I will come or not, so I smiled and shook my head, "I will stay here for a bit, I want some time with myself." I said.

"Ooh, is your boyfriend coming?" Harris asked in a mocking tone. I grabbed a napkin from the table, scrunched it, and threw it at him.

He laughed, dodging it easily. Jenny hugged me from my side and shrugged on her backpack.

"See you tomorrow!" she yelled and got out of the door. Harris hugged me tight, and when he released me, he bent down to my level, eyeing me carefully, "Call me if you need anything, okay?" I nodded my head at him, pinching his cheek.

"The cutie Harris, don't worry, I will." I said. With a nod, he left after Jenny.

I sat there, watching the waiter clearing up the table. He looked unseemingly familiar. He has jet black hair and a fine physical structure, his facial features too good to be true, and when he looked up at me, his blue eyes met my grey ones. I mentally gasped.

"Troy?" I asked, not believing he is here working as a waiter, and mostly, clearing the table I am sitting at.

"Hey there, Kate, right?" he asked me with his strong and deep rooted accent.

"Yeah, you're right," I chuckled nervously, "So, you work here?" I ask him, trying to put up a casual conversation, better than an awkward silence.

"Yes, I do work here, six hours a day," he replied.

"Cool," I said nodding my head, shifting on my seat uncomfortably.

"Well, nice to meet you, I better go now," I said and made a move to go home. I won't stay here if this guy is around, I don't want any distractions, my plate is already full of thoughts.

"Nice meeting you too. Hopefully, we will meet up again, in a much better place." he said smiling. I smiled back, then quickly headed out of the door and straight home. This time, my home sweet home.

As I entered my house, it was quiet. No one is here. Wow, I feel lonely. "Guess I will be alone until mom and dad come," I said to myself and plopped on the couch. I rested my head on the arm of the couch and tucked my hands under my head. I kicked my shoes from where I lay and grabbed the remote control of the television from the coffee table.

I turned it on and switched from channel to channel, there is absolutely nothing to watch that is interesting, so, I turned it off and sighed. It is still six past thirty, and I got nothing to do. Maybe I should go up to my room and read.

Literally limping, I walked to my room, suddenly feeling tired and not knowing why. I took a hot shower to calm my nerves and to relax my contracted muscles. This day was weird, just like me. I spent the majority of my time with Carter and his friends, knowing they are no good for me, but I hate to admit that I liked my day today, it was refreshing in a way. But no matter what, I better get away from them, as soon as possible. I shouldn't fall into any trap, I shouldn't, I wouldn't. I will ignore him at any cost tomorrow and the day after, and the day after, forever. But... I doubt myself if I could do that.

I wrapped my fluffy purple gown around me and went to my closet, changing into my short shorts and my oversized orange hoodie. I grabbed my copy of The Hunger Games, laid on my tiny, yet comfortable bed, and got into the world of bliss.

After one hundred pages and a small rest to drink water, my phone vibrated from the nightstand, informing me that I just received a text.

I sat on the bed and grabbed my phone. I unlocked it and tapped on the Messages app icon. It is an unknown number, who would be texting me at this time?

9:18 PM *Sweet dreams, love bunny*

I immediately knew who this creepy guy texting me was. How in the world did he get my number?

And why does he keep calling me that? I shouldn't have told him about Bunbun, I knew he would joke on him and don't understand the situation I was in. I don't even know why I felt like telling him. He must be thinking that I am the weirdest, stupidest, and most talkative girl who is too dumb to be true.

I should do what I have to do.

My week went like I wanted it to be, which consisted of waking up in the morning, going to school by taking the bus even though I hate it, ignoring the attempts Carter makes to talk to me or see me, go back home, eat, study, sleep and repeat the whole cycle.

Jenny and Harris were my only companions throughout the whole week, and let's not forget, Jenny always talked non-stop about 'Hotties'.

"You up for tonight, right?" Jenny asked me, walking me to my locker.

"I don't know," I said, opening my locker and grabbing the textbooks that I would read and study.

"Come on! Why are you suddenly being lame?" she said, leaning on the locker next to mine. I mentally scoffed, yeah, I think you forgot that we are born that way.

"I just want to study and-"

"Aand here is your nerdy self talking," she says rolling her eyes at me, "It would be fun, just letting go of stuff for one night, right?" She said, wiggling her eyebrows at me.

"I still don't think I will, Jen." I said, zipping my backpack and locking the locker.

"It would be fun, there would surely be drinks, since Carter is rich as fuck, he can surely sneak in some." she said. I rolled my eyes at her ridiculous thinking.

"I don't drink, hun." I reminded her.

"I know, but for today, don't drink, but just be with me. I surely don't want anyone to abduct me while I am drunk." she says and walks forwards.

I sighed, there is no way of backing away from Jenny. If she wants something this badly, then I should go for it, better than her nagging me and 'abusing' me.

"Where is Haris?" Jenny asks me and I shrugged, "Don't know, probably his sister needed a ride or something." I said.

We were walking to the end hallway of the school when I stopped in my tracks as my eyes froze on him, dressed in a blue-black loose t-shirt, black jeans, and his hair is perfectly in soft bouncy curls. I have been avoiding him all week, knowing that we would eventually meet again, Carter.

"Here is the hottie," Jenny murmurs, I sighed.

He is flirting with a bunch of girls by saying something we can't quite catch onto, and them giggling like stupid at every word he says, even when he breathes and looks around, they are still laughing.

As if I called out his name, his eyes fixated on me. I stood frozen and held my breath, not trying to move an inch. We looked at each other for a moment, but, he broke his gaze and turned it to the girls surrounding him. He pulls one of them by the waist and murmurs something in her ear, she giggles and whispers something back, and he nods at it. Then, with a swift moment, they are snogging and sucking each other's faces.

What. The. Fuck.

My blood boiled, flaring my nose and bunching my hands into fists. I don't understand this sudden anger towards Carter, or why the heck he started doing that in front of me. I think it's because I am the one who was supposed to irritate and piss him off. Without a second glance, I quickly turned around and walked quickly to the main gate of the school.

"Kate, what the heck is wrong with you? You made me run!" Jenny exaggerates after she catches up on me at the school gate. I looked behind me, seeing I haven't gone too far, then looked at a panting Jenny.

"You are not being serious, Jen," I said, laughing, for a moment forgetting I saw Carter kissing a girl in front of me, to despise me for sure.

"You know what, Jen?" I said, looking back again to the spot where I saw Carter, a brilliant thought popping in my head.

"What?" she asks cluelessly, I smirked.

"I will be coming to that Goddamned party."